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[Douglass] Yes. I agree with you. But... ...I cannot speak to our friends on your behalf. [stammers softly] Have y-you lost faith in me? No, no, it is not about faith, John, it's a... it's a question of method. If what you are proposing causes the nation to explode in bloody revolution, -it will take even longer... -It... ...to reach true equality. You are, by far, the craziest person to ever sit at this table
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[Douglass]
Yes.
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I agree with you.
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But...
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...I cannot speak
to our friends on your behalf.
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[stammers softly]
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Have y-you lost faith in me?
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No, no, it is not
about faith,
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John, it's a...
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it's a question
of method.
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If what you are
proposing
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causes the nation to explode
in bloody revolution,
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-it will take even longer...
-It...
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...to reach true equality.
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You are, by far,
the craziest person
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to ever sit at this table.
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Movie Summary
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.